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Sorry only messing - just jumped out!

Although maybe the photo would still be a giveaway? .....

Although obviously not with youth players! The child protection issues there give me the shivers! One for the coach. For the actual point I think if you lose that battle over jewellery you're seen as weak before you've even left the changing area.

I was thinking Hackett?

A tackle is attempting to win the ball. If a player wins ball fairly then that is a good tackle. The comma in that sentence from the FIFA PowerPoint is all important. 'tackles an opponent to gain possession of the ball, making contact with the opponent before touching the ball...' This does...

Tackling means to try and win the ball from an opponent. On page 6 of the document it is clear that the foul comes when contact made with opponent first. Tackling in itself is clearly not unlawful which is what your comment above implies. As for the actual scenario it's a got to be there, Law...

It ought to be remembered here that to give consent, or to do an act willingly, a person must be fit to do so. It is now well established law that a person who is heavily intoxicated cannot provide this informed consent to sexual activity, much in the same way as a will change by a person with...

Whoa!! Can we really categorise rape? Rape is considered primarily as an act of power and control; sex is not the primary motivation per se. Is its means of execution really of consequence? But that is perhaps a discussion for another time and place. Unless we have his probation reports we...

Not necessarily true, unless an ancillary order is made. His offence is not with a child so might not be the case. Might only apply to unsupervised access, for example.

Yes. We, for all its faults, live in a democratic society where laws are created and the punishment for breaking these laws is mandated in turn to our elected representatives and the properly established institutions of the criminal justice system. This individual has been through the process...

I have plenty of luck with it because I make it clear at start that it is not tolerated towards me or club linesmen. So if someone says to you 'oh wise up ref you roger hunt' but with a smile on their face is that ok? Players, like children, like clear cut boundaries.

Yes. OFINABUS doesn't become right just because you're smiling.

[ If someone calls me that he walks; by extension a player calls an AR that - even a club one - and he takes the same road all day long.

Why not straight red?

I p i personally still do it on the pitch - 10 seconds of watch language, do my best with offside, enjoy. It ticks the box, sort of Some I know have a 2 - 3 minute spiel that they can rhyme off. Anybody listening?

What I have been told assessors in Northern Ireland / ni / the North ..... want to see

But then the bible / all holy books are open to interpretation and flexible to circumstances. Comes to the question of whether, to continue the religious theme, you an evangelical or a more liberal type. I'd say depends on the game. My approach to this now and similar issues quite different to...

Although Law 18 perhaps dictates that if it's not an issue then don't make it one.

No you must go with your decision - sub is not an official and this affects your credibility and decisiveness.

You haven't restarted game therefore retake. No 'quick' penalties.